

Khan of Nawagai. 1 -.an of Dir. ha.l pn- 

 feased fidelity 



iiultaneou-ly it. intry 



from S)ml>kH<lr, N> that u -n >h<>nl<i be 



'rx the 



. which in a letter 1" the 



tir General he- arriU<d to the preach: 



the inullahv II, his tnops from the 



border in ithdraw th.-m from Midi inUu- 



oeeft. and h.- lm>l them di-|N'rm Laghmani ami 



ari tribesmen, who meant i jin tin- llaiiiia 



mullah. I India addrewed let- 



: there was no intention 



; - 



and-. I'ut that the opera- 

 .nish the followers of 



'latlila mullah, nrak/.-u- an. I Afridi- e,.ntin- 



to ha raw the posts on ii. and 



in the Khanki \ali- p operated 



with a flying colunr 'uivd 



and dot roved Saragari, one of the Samana out- 



rt b-ekhart and .ignari. at 



iea\ily attacked, hut were relieved 



BiggS, The !,. - estimated 1" 



I'HMMi. The means <.f h'ghting the 



Pat hau- an- 'mueh moiv |Hrfe< t than in former 



campaign*. * hen they were able to rush into close 



quarters, and it was often necessary to carry their 



stone rta on the hill> at the point ofth 



bayoi :hem 



from ever eh arging. and it is easy with mountain 



ui of their MiHj/iirM and enable 



ifantry to take the heights and drive them into 



the next valley, where they can be intercei.ted by 



the cavalry before they gain the hills beTOHcL 



While Sir Bindoii Blood advam-ed to Nav. 

 his rearguard, under (.. n. .IcfTreys, was attacked -n 

 Sept 14 at the foot of Kambal pa.-s hytheMoh- 

 mandsand Salarzais of south Bajaur. Tin- \>r 



punish these tril>esmen. aii<l on 

 HI fought an eiiKiipment with 6,000 of them. 

 ,:ish and Indian troops, killing 

 and wounding i:'.*. The Bom-rwals pith 

 Strong, at the Shakot and Mora passes. On Sept. 

 aj^ain attacked the rnemv. dotroy.-d 

 a villa^e.and carried off large stores of irrain. ifhioh 

 the Mohmands . :. (Jen. I'.i 



force advanced into the Mohmand plateau without 

 encounter; ..n till Sept. 17, when it came 



in toii<-!i with the .Molimand-. K).(MK) strong, be- 

 tween Jarol.i and Mittai. In an attack on the 

 ramp at Nawagai on Sept. 19 the Mohmand sword- 

 barged in the face of withering volleys to 

 within 50 yards of the Kn^lish The unex- 



i attack of the Khan of Nawap. 



eOttpeDed Sir Bindmi BIKM! to p\-,. hj^ whole 



n. leaving' ( '-n. Klles to deal alone 



with the upper Mohmand*. The enemy in Bajaur 



wan ; n forced fr.m neighboring triln-. 



iaml* remained quiet, jn 



to deliver up thoir bree<-hloa<liiiu' and Other liflea. 

 : the villa^t and crops in th- 



01] of the 



.ndft.and .f the Salarzais, who feared that 

 their rfllages would H- punched a Ko. Thi^ ha 

 been accomplished, he marched against the Hadda 

 mullah, who had SJ* Badm.-ni pass. 



These fiercely attack^ 1 t 



rai oi ,. ,,,, 



shortly. ujK.n which the .-i, hills. 



: the British i-pt.ired Badrneni. diperft- 



* with tt 



;'-d the Hadrla mullah's village 

 of Jarobi, which th. v humed. - 



,'7 destroyer! the citadel r,f t),,. Kuda K 

 after a severe fight. The Alma Kh. U were likewise 



puni> ' the Mohmnnds still held out, 



re ip their ritles. and ajram>i 

 'ilidon Blotnl continued his operations. Tin* 

 Britisli had 1-i-t in the liirht in- 'J'J oilie. 

 men and the Mohmands 5<M). \\ i iheir 



1 he Brili-h lost 



ten. nn a A hen retiirnini: 



;i of' villages, and frequently 

 when reti: :np after t hi-se jumit ive . 



<-led t.. a hara-iuu' lin- from 

 tin- .Mohmand- ..f the hills, for 



:, derflll i::' 1.0(1(1 



yards and more, < 'uin.- to I 



mands and the resulting punitive operatioi. 

 William LM-k! ned the general ai 



against the Afridi* in Tirah till Oot 

 Afridi and Orak/ais had ileeided at a 



the British advance, lieing | \ the 



mullah Said Akbar. They hoped to i 

 from (iholam Ilaidar. who is himself n 

 The Afrii t 'e at ('lunar, in the 



'lile the < ': inpa- 



gha pass. A deputation was vent to the A 



who stopped it at .lelalahad. The strength of t he 



Tirah fiehl force was lU!i-J Briti.sh an. I 



;licers and men. le>i.|e< *J(i.MM> camp follow- 

 er-. with 8 -.\alpindi. Ineluding 



the troops in Malakand .""I liajaur. tli- 



-hawar. K'awalpindi. Kohat. Parachinai 

 other places, and the Tochi field f'-n-e. with its 

 MlppOIti at Bannu. there wen- ?(.(KKI men under 

 arms, and these included the I < nt- in the 



Britisli and native ai I .-duration 



of troops had "ver before taken place in the north- 

 western frontier. During October 10 addr 

 batteries ,,f artillery were sent out from 

 land. All Afridis serving in t he reginn-nts march- 

 ing out against their felh.w-trilie-men were -ent 

 back to perform garrison duty. Tl and 



Afridis determined to take' the initiative if the 

 Briti.sh would not accept the proposal- they offered 

 for a settlement, and in order to insure con-bined 

 action they threatened with excommunication from 

 Nlam any clans that should make -eparate 

 The Indian (Jovernment announced in a proclama- 

 tion its intention to punish the Afridis in their own 

 country because they had broken their alliance with 

 the British <Iovernm"enl and attacked and destroyed 

 forts that their tribe had engaged to guard, and 

 had made war on British garrisons, killing s,,ldiers 

 and destroying properly. The Afghan Ameer 

 likewi-, i ned a proelamat i<>n condemning t he 

 tribesmen for raising disturbances and rebellions 

 without rau-e after taking British pay. declaring 

 the religio'. MM the Mohamm.-- 



daiis of India and mo-t of the khans were ,,\\ the 

 side of the Knglish. and telling them that they 

 knew of the hurand agr'-ement at the time it was 

 made and silently acquiesced, and hence must 



"ii their neck's what they had done with their 

 hands. He declared that he had nothing b 

 with them, as they had always asserted their inde- 

 pendence of him and would acknon king. 



t. 17 he received a see,, n.l deputation .,f 



Afridis and Orakcais, who nn to mediate. 



with the Indian Government. He accordingly 

 to inquire if orders f.,r their punishment had 

 been given or if there was room for negotiation. 

 adding that they richly de-ervcd punishment, and 

 warn. undeviat ing friendship for t he 



British Government. 



Th- titrating their 



_-th in the upper Khanki valley and observing 



atfonfl of the enormous British expedition 



from dominating points in t inana 



range. There were about 2,000 Afridis in the 



